Along the Heritage Trail

“All the northern portion of Indiana was wilderness from Parke Co., Indiana on the waters of Raccoon Creek to Fort Wayne 150 miles distant. We were five days in this wilderness country — camping out of nights.”

The remarkable heritage of Miami civil chief Pinsiwa, Jean Baptiste de Richardville, lives on at his home here and with his descendants. Historian Tom Castaldi explains why this man is still so important today.